Betting tips for France vs Colombia - 23.03.2018

The runner-up of Europe receives in Paris to Colombia in one of the most interesting international friendly matches of the day. France closed 2017 by drawing at home against Luxembourg (0-0) before winning in Bulgaria (0-1) and Belarus (2-1) to qualify for the World Cup as first of Group A. Subsequently, in November they won Wales in home (2-0) and tied 2 in Germany.

France opened this qualification with a goalless draw in Belarus, adding four straight victories since then against Bulgaria (4-1), the Netherlands (0-1), Sweden (2-1) and Luxembourg (1-3). The defeat in Sweden last June (2-1) was the preamble of his best game of the entire classification: the 4-0 defeat against the Netherlands. The tie against the Luxembourgers made life very complicated for them, but the suffering victory in Bulgaria and the victory against the Belarusians ended up being enough for them.

It is curious that the France  team, with world-class strikers such as Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud and Alexandre Lacazette, have scored 18 goals in those 10 games, 10 less than the Swedes and three less than the Dutch, even though they are in crisis.

Deschamps can count on all his usual starters except the injured Lacazette.


Colombia suffered until the end to seal its qualification for the World Cup next summer. The coffee growers complicated their lives a lot, yielding an unexpected defeat against Paraguay in the penultimate day. The tie in Peru, together with the rest of the results, ended up being enough to qualify without even needing the repechage.

The team coached by Argentina's Pekerman started with a home victory against Peru (2-0), in a match in which a late inning on James Rodriguez kept the Madrid midfielder in the dry dock for two months. Without James, the national team fell to Uruguay (3-0) just a few days later, drawing against Chile at home (1-1), with James back, and falling at home against Argentina for a short 0-1 . Already the following day, the equipment gained to Paraguay to home by 0-1, counting on the absence of a James Rodriguez that traveled injured from Madrid. In the previous day, the team gave a draw at home to the team of Uruguay, leader of the group. In the next two games, Colombia tied at home against Chile (0-0) and was thrashed by Argentina (3-0), before adding two victories in the two games against Bolivia (1-0) and Ecuador (0-2). ) before clicking in Venezuela. The Colombia traveled to Brazil, where they lost 2-1 in a game in which Neymar Jr. was decisive. Before their defeat in Brazil, the team had won the last three games, against Bolivia in La Paz (2-3), against Ecuador (3-1) and in the cited match against Vinotinto. In the last two days, the coffee table tied at home against Brazil (1-1), lost 1-2 at home to Paraguay and tied 1 in Peru. In the last two friendlies, Colombia lost in South Korea (2-1) and thrashed China (0-4).

France vs Colombia Prediction: X/1 4.50

France vs Colombia   Betting Tip: Over  2.5 Goals @ 1.80

France vs Colombia  Score Recommendations: 2-1 10.00